Automobile signal



Patented ug. i9, 1921io iran stares estarse l norma* Lyons, or New vonk, u. Y.

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL.

Application tiled October 10, i922. Serial No. 593,624.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT LYoNs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident oi Rosebank, in the borough of Richmond, city of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Automobile 4Signal, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in automobile signals, and more particularly to direction signals to indicate the direction of turning of the-vehicle, an object of the invention being to provide a signal of improved construction in which the signal plates and colored glass can be conveniently removed and replaced, and furthermore provide a construction which permits ready access. to the lamp as occasion may require.

A further object is to provide a signal of 20 the character stated which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price, which will be strong and durable, which will be ornamental in appearance, and which will most eiiiciently perform the functions for which it is intended.

With these and other cbiects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed ont lin the claim. y

n the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of my improved signal.

Figure 2 is a view in horizontal transverse section on the line 2 2, of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view in end elevation of the righthand end of Figure-1.

Figure 4 is a view in vertical transverse section on ,the line '1 -4, of Figure '1.

1 represents the casing of my improved signal. This casing 1s of elongated oblong shape having curved ends. Throughout its longitudinal edges and on one curved end it is provided with integral, inwardly projecting .flanges 2.

Angle bars `3 are secured to the inner faces of the top and bottom of the casing,

are longitudinally positioned, and are -spaced from the anges 2 the proper distance so4 that inco-operation with said rden-ges the bars 3 constitute guides for the reception ot plates 5 and colored glass 6.

The curved end 7 of casing 1 is cut away or made appreciably narrower than the main portion of the. casing so as to provide entrances and exits for the, plates 5 and glass 6 allowing both platesl and glass to be slid longitudinally into or out of the casing, and when in the casing securely held by the flanges 2 and the bars 3.

The plates 5 are cut out to form arrows 8 or other figures indicating direction and the glass plates 6 are preferably red so that the illumination from a lamp 4 secured within the casing will show a red arrow indicating direction. y

To hold the plates 5 and glass plate 6 against movement, curved covers 9 are ro vided at the entrance endv of the casing. These covers 9 .conform to the shape of the casing and have flanges 10 which register with the fianges 2 and complete the enclosure of plates 5 and 6.

The covers 9 are also provided with perforated tongues 11 extending over the end 7 of casing 1 and secured by screws or bolts 12 which are projectedthrough the perforated ears, through perforations in the endf'?,

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the general form and arrangement-of parts described without de arting from my invention, and hence I o not'limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of theappended claim.

l claim: I

A device of the character stated, comprising an oblong casin having openings at its edges at one en inwardly roiecting flanges throughout both longitudinal edges and one curved end of said casing, bars securred to the upper and lower faces of the casing and cooperating with the flanges to .myself at liberty to make such changes and form guides, ates and sheets cooed glass supporte in said guides anu movable through the openings in the ends of the casing, said plaes'havng direcion indicating 5 openings therein. covers for the openings in the ends of the casing, flanges on said covers regstering with the flanges of the casing,

mamas perforated @Ongles am `che overs projvacin L aver the end of 'che casing, a bar locate gzganst the inner face of th@ and of the cas- 10 mg, and securing deviceg through the tongues and the end of the caslng and se- 1.

cured in the bar.

HUBERT LYGNS. 

